keep me in your prayers

Just a quick post to check in... leaving shortly for Chapel Hill. Surgery will be tomorrow morning! The surgery will be between 6 and 8 hours and I will have to stay in the hospital for about five days. As soon as possible I will have someone post a short update. Please keep me and my family in your prayers!
God Bless, Angie

BLESSED

I am thankful beyond words for the outpouring of love and support from family and friends. So many people worked long hours this week and especially yesterday to make the fundraiser such a success! The rain held off and even though we had a little wind (ok maybe more than a little), the day was beautiful! Thank you to everyone who came out and showed their support!

Less than two weeks to go until surgery... feeling anxious! So ready to have it behind me but at the same time I am entering unfamiliar territory. Not doubting any decisions or anything, just unsure of the feeling I will have after surgery is over. It will still be a few months before this stage of reconstruction is complete and I will see what the final result is, but it's a little scary to know that there is no going back and no changing anything. Once it's done, it's done!

It's actually kind of funny that I remember always coming up with different things that I would love to change about my physical appearance. Wishing you would find a genie in a bottle so you could get your three wishes. Can't tell you the number of times that I wished for curly hair ~ and if you've seen me lately you know that I now have it! Learned the hard way that you want what you can't have until you get it and then you don't want it anymore! Not that I'm complaining ~ I just love having hair! Looking back over some posts I realized that tomorrow is exactly one year ago that we shaved my head. Here is a pic taken Friday night to show how fast it is growing back (this is the blow-dried look so it's not very curly)

Will try to post a pic soon of me in all my curly glory!

A year ago I had just received my second chemo treatment... needless to say I am feeling so much better now than I was then. Not just physically feeling better but emotionally and spiritually also. I think there is a twinkling of light at the end of the tunnel! A year ago it seemed I would never get to this point, and now it's almost here. Yeah, I'm BLESSED! Beyond BLESSED! It's not been easy, but it has taught me so much about myself and what I am capable of. It has taught me to lean not on my own understanding, strength, or wisdom BUT by faith to lean on God's! If the footsteps of this journey could be seen in the sand I'm POSITIVE you would only see one set, but it wouldn't be mine you would see... because I know I am only where I am now because God has carried me!

I'll probably post right before we leave for the hospital. After surgery I will post as soon as I can, but I'm not sure how long that will be. I have been told that I will be about five days in the hospital. Hoping to be able to head home as soon as I possibly can. There is no place like home! The nerves will start kicking in soon so please keep me in your prayers! God Bless, Angie

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